Talking on his KIIS-FM show following the 84th Academy Awards, Seacrest revealed that he became suspicious of Cohen since their interview was going "too normally".

"I definitely did not know that he was going to do that," he explained. "He comes over, and I asked him a couple of questions, but, you know that feeling in your gut. You feel like, 'This is going too normally'.

"I saw the urn coming up. It was getting closer to my chest, and then it tipped over, and it wasn't the wind. He spilt it on my tuxedo."

Seacrest added that he was able to get through the evening following the incident thanks to advice from his mother, who told him to "always make sure to bring two jackets, because you never know what's going to happen".